Cake-pan telescope searches the sky for fast radio bursts
December 10, 2025
December 10, 2025
ITHACA, New York, Dec. 10 -- Cornell University posted the following news:
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Cake-pan telescope searches the sky for fast radio bursts
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When Cornell built the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico more than 60 years ago, it was the world's largest. Now, Cornell has built one of the world's smallest - out of cake pans.
"It works and it's cost-effective," said Sashabaw Niedbalski, a fifth-year doctoral . . .
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Cake-pan telescope searches the sky for fast radio bursts
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When Cornell built the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico more than 60 years ago, it was the world's largest. Now, Cornell has built one of the world's smallest - out of cake pans.
"It works and it's cost-effective," said Sashabaw Niedbalski, a fifth-year doctoral . . .